Would that all cars have blower motors so easy to replace! You may be able to replace the motor brushes and save yourself some dough. Lots of posts here on that subject. However, if the commutator of the motor is worn as well as the brushes (mine were), you will have to replace the whole motor. Also remember that there is a set of resistors in a box on the passenger side inner fender; they regulkate blower speed and can cause the blower to not work although they rarely fail. Finally, the climate control electronics itself can cause problems although it sounds like yours is working. I would pull the blower and check it first, then go from there.

The cruise control needs to have one brake light bulb working as one of its circuits grounds through the lamp circuit (that's how it knows to turn off when you hit the brakes). The license lamp circuit is not involved. You probably should pull the cruise amplifier (it's in an aluminum box under the driver's side dash) and resolder all of the connections on the little pc board. Again, lots of threads here on doing that job. That fixes many cruise control problems (half or more reported here).

Good luck and congrats on the new ride.

Jeremy

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